Sassafras tea is brewed from the bark of roots, while the leaves are used in thickening soups. The spongy, orange-brown colored wood has been used in centuries past to construct barrels, buckets, fence posts and furniture. The oil is considered of value for adding fragrance to soaps and ...
Powdered sassafras leaves were used by Choctaw Indians (southern area of the US), and when the Cajuns arrived in the area of Acadia (southeast Louisiana), they began using it to thicken and flavor their gumbos, soups, and stews. If you’re looking for it at the grocery store, you’ll ...
though not in its rightful place in the ground. Putting the plants aside under some sassafras trees by our driveway, I intended to give them a better home, but life got in the way. As the leaves dropped and the snow fell
Example 1: sage oil can be made exclusively from sage leaves (true sage oil, made from Salvia officinalis, Salvia triloba, Salvia judaica and other species), flowering tops and leaves (clary sage oil, made from Salvia sclarea, or clary sage), leaves and twigs (Spanish sage oil, made from...
roux helps to thicken gumbo and provides nutty flavor and creaminess to the dish. Some cooks swear by using okra or file powder -- or ground sassafras leaves -- in gumbo, but most recipes call for gumbo to begin with roux. Making it is time-consuming but simple, and every minute pays...
With patience, Emily Cruz detangled a vine with Dorito-shaped leaves from a fallen branch, unwinding it slowly and then pulling it out from the roots. The 12-year-old and 40 other middle-school girls were working to remove what’s known asmile-a-minute vines(opens in a new tab)recently...
leaves to Japanese beetles may turn brown and start to drop leaves. Japanese beetle grubs create patches of pale, dead, ordyinggrass. These patches can spread and join together until the turf can be rolled up like a carpet because there are no longer enough roots to attach it to the ...
Bug hotels built to house garden pests can literally be a heap of leaves or a few sticks or logs piled up in a corner of the garden. The goal is to nurture a compassionate response to unwanted garden creatures without resorting to pesticides and insect homicide!
The dogwood tree provides beautiful blooms in early spring, so plant it where you can see and appreciate it. Its pollen is particularly attractive topollinators, while its fruit is eaten by many species of birds. The tree’s leaves decompose more quickly than most others, adding organic matter...
s storied life—ended up living in this particular pocket of the Antipodes. “Charles Darwin thought the Blue Mountains the most beautiful part of Australia,” Chris said, gazing at the exotic greenery, thick with coachwoods, sassafras and the glossy green leaves of the lilly pilly. “And of...